Kobie was living with me only a few months when she got her Canine Good Citizen and then was registered as a Therapy Dog. She was very willing to learn and really had the “heart” to be a therapy dog. When she was diagnosed with Pancreatic Insufficiency, because of the high probability of accidents, we stopped our visitations.

August 23, 2003……Schutzhund “BH” ….O.G. Bierstadt Schutzhund Club…Campbellsport WIKobie was the 4th dog I put a BH on and she was the ONLY one that passed the first time and looked good!September 28, 2003….Fun match (189 points) 4th place (Novice B)….Sheboygan WIJanuary 24, 2004….3 legs of a UCD (187, 192, 193) 4th place (Novice B)….Manitowoc WI What I recall from this weekend was the run off for 4th place. The 2 dog/handler teams line up and then heel when instructed to by the judge. The other dog was a golden retriever and I thought.. one step and we’re done. One of the best things Kobie did was the sit at attention, very straight and looked good. So we lined up and before the judge said “forward” he said “golden is sitting crooked, shepherd wins”. HUH! woohoo! Didn’t even need to take a step!

Now Kobie LOVED herding and going to Bonnies but she could be distracted OH so easily! When she worked she was beautiful, working very smooth but then all of a sudden something would catch her eye (birds, butterfly, an airplane) and she’s be looking at that instead of the sheep! October 10, 2004….Fun match (194 points) (Novice B)….Winnegamie Dog Club…..Menasha WIDecember 4, 2004…..1st leg of a CD (182 ½ Points) (Novice B) … .Oshkosh WIDecember 5, 2004…….2nd leg of a CD (186 ½ Points) (Novice B) …..Oshkosh WIJanuary 16, 2005….3rd leg of a CD (189 points) (Novice B) ….Oshkosh WIMarch 26, 2005….leg 1 of Rally Novice (87 points) …..Racine WIApril 16, 2005….2nd leg of Rally Novice (78 points)……Amherst Junction WIMay 7, 2005….3rd leg of Rally Novice (RN) (97)…..Madison, WI

We continued to train but did not compete again. One of the fond memories I have was teaching Kobie to heel with her ears up. She didn’t naturally put them up but wasn’t unhappy, just rather trying to do it right so was a tad submissive. So, because she understood marker training, when we were heeling I would say “ears up” in a happy voice. The second she would put them up, I would mark it with YES, beak and reward her. She never forgot “ears up” and we could do a show and tell for anyone who asked…and Kobie was all about that because it ended in a treat!

Obedience

Herding

Rally

And we started on the retrieve but she wasn’t too serious about it and would take the item and run….. and I let her – why – because she was having fun!

Sheep Anyone?

Kobie loved herding sheep unless, of course,

she was distracted by something like,

let’s say, a butterfly.

Then it was ….oohhh….let’s check out the butterfly!!

Kobie in this photo is being worked by me (Laurel). We used to go to Bonnie Leonard's on a regular basis and Olivia always came along. This was the day and minutes before the sheep took me down and messed up my knee!